Stealing Pens: Travelers from the End of the World

The three of them hurriedly and slowly arrived at the first few houses they met. They randomly entered a house and planned to rest for a while.

The mountain road was really difficult to walk on a rainy day, with mud and moss everywhere. Wuxie fainted from exhaustion on the way down the mountain. If Tan Yuchen and Zhang Qiling hadn't taken turns carrying him, he would have died in this deep mountain forest. .

"Thank you." Tan Yuchen took the hot water from the little girl's hand. He followed his habit and went to get the candy from his pocket. As soon as he put his hand in, he remembered that the clothes he was wearing belonged to the little girl's father.

The clothes were found for them by the little girl's grandmother when they entered the house. There were only two old men and one little girl in this family. When they saw them walking in the mountains on a rainy day, they were not afraid that they were bad guys and just took them into the house.

The two old men were very enthusiastic. Seeing that the three of them were young men, they almost took out all the things they thought were good at home, and kept saying that the young men should eat more.

"You're welcome." The little girl looks very cute. Her skin may be a little dark because she often helps with farm work, but her grandparents raised her well. She has a chubby face and bright eyes. He is not very afraid when seeing strangers, he is confident and generous.

Qin Yuchen rolled his eyes, took a sip of hot water and pretended to reach into his backpack to take out a few candies. He ate one himself before sending it to the little girl.

The little girl hesitated for a moment. She looked to her grandparents for approval. When she saw her grandma nodding, she accepted it with a smile: "Thank you, brother!"

After saying that, I divided the candies one by one and gave two to my grandparents.

The farmhouse was heated by a fire pit. Tan Yuchen and Zhang Qiling were sitting in front of the fire pit, drinking warm hot water. The sound of dripping rain could be heard outside the house. It seemed that it would not stop for a while.

"Next time, check the weather first before going into the mountains." The old man added a piece of firewood to the fire pit again. This may be the old man's unique nagging, and he always likes to worry about whether there is enough or not. "Fortunately, it's not raining lightly. If You will suffer if you accidentally encounter a landslide."

"There are also many ferocious beasts in the mountains. What if we get lost?"

"Yes, let's be careful next time." Tan Yuchen nodded honestly.

"Well, luckily the young man with you doesn't have a fever, otherwise it would be difficult to take our ordinary cold medicine." The old man lit a cigarette, took a bench, walked outside the house, and sat under the eaves. Looking at the mountains not far away, he puffed away.

Tan Yuchen smiled against Zhang Qiling's shoulder and whispered, "I've been educated."

Zhang Qiling turned sideways to let Tan Yuchen lean more comfortably, took the cup from which Tan Yuchen had finished drinking water and put it on the table aside before replying: "Yes."

"I don't know when the rain will stop." Qin Yuchen picked up the tongs and set up the fallen firewood, "And that boy Wuxie."

"No rush." ​​Zhang Qiling saw the little girl standing hesitantly not far away from them holding a book. He stretched out his hand and waved, and the little girl happily ran over and sat next to Tan Yuchen.

"Brother, can you teach me how to read?" the little girl asked, spreading the fairy tale book on her lap.

"How about letting this brother teach you?" Tan Yuchen suddenly had a bad idea and pointed at Zhang Qiling and said.

"Well..." The little girl blinked and looked at Zhang Qiling's somewhat cold expression, "But..."

"That brother is not easy to get along with."

"Pfft -" Tan Yuchen laughed and nodded in agreement, "I think so too, then I'll teach you."

"Great!"

"..." Zhang Qiling sighed helplessly, took Tan Yuchen's right hand and squeezed it hard to vent his dissatisfaction.

Tan Yuchen smiled and let his movements begin to teach the little girl how to read.

……

During dinner time, Wuxie finally got up from the bed.

The unfamiliar environment made Wu Xie a little stunned. He rubbed his sore head and hurriedly went out.

"Yuchen?!" Wuxie came to the living room and saw Tan Yuchen sitting in front of the fire pit with his back to him.

Tan Yuchen turned around: "Are you awake?"

"Ang, where is this?" Wuxie came to sit next to Tan Yuchen and asked.

"I met several families when I came here." Qin Yuchen explained, "It's still raining, so we can't go down the mountain for the time being."

"Oh, where's my little brother?"

Tan Yuchen pointed outside and looked innocently, only to see a figure sitting under the eaves.

"Young man, are you awake? Are you feeling better?" The old woman put the cooked soup on the table and asked, "Are you feeling better?"

Wuxie showed a gentle smile: "Much better, thank you."

"It's okay, it's okay. We just happened to have dinner. You can have a good rest after dinner. It won't be too late to go down the mountain after the rain stops."

Wuxie thanked her again and followed the old lady to the kitchen to help.

The dinner at the farmer's house is very simple, but tonight's meal did allow the two old people to come up with a few good things.

The old lady had killed an old hen and stewed it while they were resting. Now she cooked some home-cooked dishes, and each portion was very generous.

The two old men were just worried that they wouldn't have enough to eat, so they kept trying to persuade them.

In the end, the three people couldn't stand it anymore, so the old man let them go.

For the first time in a long time, Qin Yuchen felt that his stomach was uncomfortable. He usually didn't eat much, but this time he couldn't resist and kept eating. At this moment, he put down the bowls and chopsticks and just wanted to go out to eat.

Zhang Qiling also followed.

The little girl thoughtfully took an umbrella for them, and the two of them left the only innocent person who could chat with the old man here.

The forest was very dark at night, and it was raining lightly, so Tan Yuchen just held an umbrella and took Zhang Qiling around in the surrounding fields.

A few scattered houses lit up their lights in the hazy night rain, and the fireworks belonging to this world were also warming up the few huts.

Tan Yuchen stood on the field and looked at the light not far away and smiled softly. Zhang Qiling caught it and looked sideways at him, leaned slightly closer and asked softly:

"what happened?"

"fine……"